I mean we already have 3 famous moba competitors; lol,hon and dota with lol having the most audience. So would you think that blizzard might stand a chance against them and attract more players or not? Let the speculation begin. But I'd say that they have to introduce something that the other 3 MOBA's don't have in order for them to attract more people to their game.

SMITE is bigger than HoN atm and growing rapidly, got backed by Tencent just a few months back.

I hope it cuts into LoL's domination. I just can't play LoL having to pay for heroes. Skins sure, early access sure, but not entire access.

Dota 2 is already cutting in quite deep. Still far from at the same level, but with a growing playerbase and a striving E-sports scene, they are doing well. Oh and in Dota 2, you don't pay for heroes, and you can even get items just by playing.

If a year ago you would have said that Blizzard would make a digital card game that would be incredibly popular and one of the most popular games on Twitch. Would anyone believe you? You can be sure it will be popular, it is a Blizzard game with Blizzard characters. Will it be good? That we don't know yet.

Genuinely can't understand why anyone would play LoL over DotA 2, but assuming HotSt would be based on DotA mechanics I could see it being relatively successful, largely because it's backed by nostalgia for the original DotA mod as well as it being a Blizzard product.

"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it." - Ayn Rand

I stopped playing ARTS long ago. I played original Dota quite a lot back then and got bored. I have no interest in LoL or Dota2 because I find their art style to be quite terrible. I will try heroes of the storm just because it has my favourite heroes and Blizzard's art is far better than those two above.

I don't think HotS(Not Starcraft) will be groundbreaking though due a lot of reasons. I play only SC2 and WoW anyway.

I am currently a huge LoL fan, and will probably not quit LoL
But the thought of maybe being Thrall running around with Doomhammer, killing Jim Raynor with Tyreal on my side just gets to me, I really want to try that out.

Its gonna be interesting to see how many people HotS exactly attracts.

played the original dota, then HoN. Never could get into LoL Smite and all the other spinoffs since i tend to come in late to these games. This'll probably be a good place to start on a even footing with other players looking forward to it.

The thing about Heroes of the Storm, it already has a huge community that can support it & doesn't need to take people from the other MOBAs. Aslong as Blizzard implements Blizzard characters properly & they are fun to play eventually it will start pulling other players from the others games. But like Hearthstone there is already a big anough community to support it regardless. It just has to be a fun / challenging game in the end.

Since Blizzard has proved they aren't particularly good at balancing things I'm not expecting much. I can't think of any reasons why I'd go to Heroes of the Storm over DotA 2. I couldn't care less about Blizzard characters.

I guess it kind of depends on the game though. If it's like HoN/DotA where you deny creeps and the items are interesting and it's... You know, challenging... Then I'll probably check it out. If it's just faceroll skillshots like LoL then I won't even bother.